The Chess of Obsolescence: Turning Supply Chain Collapse into Your Ultimate Competitive Advantage
The narrative dominating the corridors of large modern corporations is dangerously flawed. When a production line, manufacturing million-margin equipment, grinds to a halt because a two-dollar microcontroller is unavailable, the board’s reaction is to blame market volatility. Operating and financial leaders quickly point to the global semiconductor shortage, logic bottlenecks driven by macroeconomics, or the legislative walls erected by regulations like REACH, RoHS, or ITAR. Organizations point to these hurdles as if they were inevitable natural disasters. They label them unpredictable “Black Swans” against which no corporation can erect defenses. ...